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WILLIAM  JAMES  HUTCHINS 
President 


INAUGURATION 


OF 

William  James  Hutchins 


President  of  Berea  College 


October  22,  1920 


BEREA 

COLLEGE 

PRESS 


BEREA  KY. 


Institutions  Invited  to 
the  Inauguration 


Harvard  University 

founded  1636 

Yale  University 

1701 

Columbia  University 

1754 

Brown  University 

1764 

Washington  College 

1780 

University  of  North  Carolina 

1789 

Williams  College 

1793 

Tusculum  College 

1794 

University  of  Tennessee 

1794 

Transylvania  College 

1798 

University  of  Georgia  . 

1801 

University  of  South  Carolina 

1801 

Maryville  College 

1819 

Center  College 

1822 

Miami  University 

1824 

University  of  Virginia 

1825 

Georgetown  College 

1829 

McCormick  Theological  Seminary 

1830 

University  of  Alabama 

1833 

Oberlin  College 

1833 

Marietta  College 

1835 

Union  Theological  Seminary 

1836 

DePauw  University 

1837 

University  of  Michigan 

1837 

Mount  Holyoke  College 

1837 

Emory  and  Henry  College  . 

1838 

Ohio  Wesleyan  University  . 

1844 

Beloit  College 

1847 

University  of  Wisconsin 

1848 

Michigan  State  Normal  College 

1849 

Bessie  Tift  College 

1849 

Hiwassee  College 

1849 

Carson  and  Newman  College 

1851 

Western  College  for  Women 

1853 

Hillsdale  College 

1855 

Highland  College 

1857 

Chicago  Theological  Seminary 

1858 

Southern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary 

1859 

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Kentucky  Wesleyan  College  . . . 1860 

Wheaton  College  1860 

Fisk  University 1865 

Vassar  College 1865 

University  of  Kentucky  ....  1865 

Carleton  College  1866 

University  of  Chattanooga  . . . 1867 

University  of  Illinois 1867 

University  of  West  Virginia  . . . 1867 

Talladega  College 1867 

Cornell  University 1868 

Straight  University 1869 

Tougaloo  University 1869 

Ohio  State  University  ....  1870 

College  of  Wooster 1870 

Syracuse  University 1870 

University  of  Cincinnati  ....  1870 

Ohio  Northern  University  ....  1871 

Weaver  College 1873 

Purdue  University 1874 

Peabody  College  for  Teachers  . . . 1874 
Vanderbilt  University  ....  1875 

Smith  College 1875 

Wellesley  College 1875 

Johns  Hopkins  University  ....  1876 

Ogden  College 1877 

Milligan  College 1882 

Union  College 1886 

Winthrop  Normal  and  Industrial  College  . 1886 

Cumberland  College 1888 

Clemson  Agricultural  College  . . . 1889 

Pikeville  College 1889 

Murphy  College 1891 

University  of  Chicago 1892 

Armour  Institute  of  Technology  . . 1892 

Lincoln  Memorial  University  . . . 1895 

Piedmont  College  1897 

University  of  Louisville  ....  1907 

{ Stanton  College 

Witherspoon  College 

Young  Harris  College  .... 


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PROGRAM 


Thursday,  October  21,^1920 

12:00  Luncheon 

2:00  Excursions  to  Indian  Fort,  Pinnacles,  Cowbell  Hollow,  andlaround 
the  College  Campus 

7:30  Pageant  of  the  Mountains,  in  the  Tabernacle 
8:00  “Open  House’’  at  President’s  Home 

Friday,  October  22 

9:00  Academic  Procession  to  the  Chapel 

Presentation  of  Representatives  of  Other  Institutions  to  the  Presiding 
Officer,  Reverend  William  E.  Barton,  D.D.,  Vice-President 
Board  of  Trustees 
Anthem — Hallelujah  Chorus 
The  Harmonia  Society 
Invocation 

Professor  Eugene  W.  Lyman,  D.D.,  Union  Theological 

Seminary 

Welcome  to  Representatives 

Professor  James  Watt  Raine,  Berea  College 
Response  for  Representatives 

President  Henry  C.  King,  LL.D.,[Oberlin  College 
Welcome  to  William  James  Hutchins 
To  the  State  of  Kentucky 

Edwin  P.  Morrow,  Governor  of  Kentucky 
Frank  L.  McVey,  LL.D.,  President  of  University-of 

Kentucky 

To  the  Town  of  Berea 

John  L.  Gay,  Mayor  of  Berea 
To  Berea  College 

William  Goodell  Frost,  LL.D.,  President  Emeritus, 

Berea  College 

Hymn— All  Hail  the  Power  of  Jesus'  Name 

Scripture Willis  D.  Weatherford,  Ph.D. 

Inaugural  Prayer  - - Reverend- Robert  G.  Hutchins,  D.D. 

Inaugural  Address  - - President  William  James  Hutchins 

12:15  Luncheon 
1:00  Automobile  Rides 

3:00  Pageant  of  the  Mountains,  in  the  Tabernacle 


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6:00  Banquet — Short  Addresses 

President  Samuel  Tyndale  Wilson,  D.D.,  Maryville  College 
President  Henry  Churchill  King,  LL.D.,  Oberlin  College 
President  Edward  Smith  Parsons,  Ph.D.,  Marietta  College 
President  Wm.  Trumbull  Holmes,  D.D.,  Tougaloo  University 
Bishop  Junius  M.  Horner,  Asheville,  North  Carolina 
President  Frank  E.  Jenkins,  D.D.,  Piedmont  College 
Miss  Katherine  S.  Bowersox,  M.A.,  Berea  College 
Reverend  Howard  Murray  Jones, D.D.,Auburndale,  Wisconsin 
Reverend  Elmer  E.  Gabbard,  B.A.,  Witherspoon  College 
Miss  Ilene  Inez  Houser,  B.A.,  Berlin  Heights,  Ohio 

8:30  General  Reception  in  Ladies’  Hall 
10:00  Goodnight  on  the  Library  Steps  (see  last  page) 


Saturday,  October  23 

CONFERENCE  ON  MOUNTAIN  PROBLEMS 
9:00  Addresses  before  whole  student  body,  in  the  Main  Chapel 

Professor  Harry  H.  Clark,  LL.D.,  University  of  Tennessee 
John  P.  McConnell,  Ph.D.,  President  Southern  Educational 

Association 

10:15  Addresses  before  College  and  Academy,  in  the  Main  Chapel 
President  Henry  C.  King,  LL.D.,  Oberlin  College 
Miss  Helen  H.  Dingman,  Harlan,  Kentucky 
William  Goodell  Frost,  LL.D.,  Berea  College 

Addresses  before  Normal  School,  in  the  Upper  Chapel 

Sidney  Gordon  Gilbreath,  President  East  Tennessee  Normal 
Mrs.  Mary  Sloop,  Crossnore,  North  Carolina 
Abner  C.  Jones,  Superintendent  of  Schools, 

Harlan  County,  Kentucky 

Professor  Elmer  A.  Lyman,  Michigan  State  Normal  College 
Reverend  A.  E.  Smith,  Cow  Creek,  Kentucky 

Addresses  before  Vocational  School,  in  the  Vocational  Chapel 

Albert  Shaw,  LL.D.,  Editor  Review  of  Reviews,  New  York  City 
Professor  Silas  C.  Mason,  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Addresses  before  Foundation  School,  in  the  Parish  House 
Reverend  E.  R.  Wharton,  Pleasant  Hill,  Tennessee 
Reverend  A.  E.  Brown,  Superintendent  of  Southern  Baptist 

Schools,  West  Asheville,  North  Carolina 
Professor  Miles  E.  Marsh,  Principal  Farm  School, 

Asheville,  North  Carolina 


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WILLIAM  GOODELL  FROST 
President  Emeritus 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  BEREA 


First  College  Building 


Berea  College  had  its  beginning  in  a District  School,  started  in  1854. 
At  that  time  the  ridge,  where  the  village  and  the  campus  with  its  buildings 
are  now  located,  was  a wilderness  of  trees  and  brush.  A charter  for  an 
institution  of  higher  education  was  drafted  in  1858,  with  Reverend  John  G. 
Fee  as  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  Reverend  J.  A.  R.  Rogers  as 
Principal,  and  John  Hanson  as  Treasurer. 

The  founders  of  the  Institution  were  men  of  heroic  mold.  Mr.  Fee, 
the  son  of  a slave-holder  in  northern  Kentucky,  was  converted  to  the  anti- 
slavery cause  while  a student  in  Lane  Theological  Seminary.  Disinherited 
by  his  father  because  of  his  views,  he  devoted  his  life  to  preaching  the  doc- 
trine of  “impartial  love.”  He  was  invited  to  locate  at  Berea  by  Cassius 
M.  Clay,  an  advocate  of  emancipation.  Here  he  gathered  a little  colony 
of  sympathizers  from  both  North  and  South,  established  a Union  Church 
of  which  he  was  the  pastor,  and  laid  the  plans  for  an  institution  of  high- 
er education.  Mr.  Rogers,  the  first  principal,  was  a native  of  New  Eng- 
land and  of  Puritan  descent.  He  was  well  educated,  a skilful  teacher,  and 
ambitious  to  found  a Christian  college  at  some  place  where  it  was  most 
needed.  He  came  to  Berea  at  the  time  when  everything  was  in  a formative 
stage  and  thus  was  a determining  factor  in  the  founding  of  the  College. 

As  a result  of  the  excited  feeling  which  followed  the  John  Brown  Raid, 
in  1859,  the  band  of  devoted  workers  was  compelled  ]to  leave  the  State. 
Though  they  appealed  to  the  Governor,  he  would  not  promise  them  pro- 
tection. After  a service  of  prayer  under  the  Oaks,  they  started  for  the 
journey  across  the  Ohio  River— exiles  until  the  end  of  the  Civil  War.  Dur- 
ing the  long  and  anxious  period,  they  never  once  thought  of  abandoning 


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John  G.  Fee 

ica  has  become  a realty  upon  the 
map.  Refusing  to  apologize  for 
unusual  methods,  he  has  boldly  de- 
fended the  adaptations,  which  the 
unusual  conditions  of  the  mountain 
life  make  necessary.  Instead  of 
expecting  boys  and  girls  from  iso- 
lated localities  to  adjust  themselves 
to  conventional  courses  of  study  he 
has  created  courses  of  study  suited 
to  the  boys  and  girls.  He  has  led 
the  way  in  devising  short  courses 
fitted  to  supply  the  “lower  rungs  in 
the  ladder  which  the  humble  may 
climb.”  He  has  included  vocational 
subjects  side  by  side  with  the  older 
courses  of  study.  He  has  stead- 
fastly labored  to  make  education 
possible  for  those  of  small  means 
and  has  safeguarded  the  growing 


their  plan  but  while  yet  in  exile, 
completed  the  purchase  of  a tract 
of  land  for  a campus.  In  1865  the 
work  was  resumed. 

In  1869  Professor  E.  H.  Fairchild, 
of  Oberlin,  was  called  to  the  Presi- 
dency. An  educator  and  adminis- 
trator of  great  ability,  he  raised  the 
standard  of  the  College  and  added 
materially  to  its  equipment  in  build- 
ings and  faculty. 

In  1893  William  Goodell  Frost 
began  his  work  as  President.  He 
left  a professorship  in  Oberlin  to 
enter  the  new  service  and  has  given 
to  it  the  best  part  of  his  life.  He 
has  voiced  the  possibilities  and 
needs  of  the  mountain  people  of 
the  South  and  has  been  successful 
in  awakening  a nation-wide  interest 
and  support.  Appalachian  Amer. 


J.  A.  R.  Rogers 


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E.  H.  Fairchild 


resources  of  the  College 
toward  that  end. 

During  h i s administra- 
tion Berea  has  become  a 
power-house  of  influence 
throughout  the  mountain 
ends  of  eight  states.  Because 
of  broken  health,  he  was 
obliged  to  resign  from  the 
Presidency  in  June,  1920, 
and  is  succeeded  by  William 
James  Hutchins,  of  Oberlin, 
a man  of  his  own  choice. 

In  looking  forward  to  the 
future,  the  College  motto, 
so  wonderfully  exempli- 
fied in  the  lives  of  the  found- 
ers must  ever  set  the  stand- 
ard for  those  who  follow: 

“Vincit  qui  Patitur /” 


Berea’s  Field 


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PRESENT  WORK 


Berea  College  is  one  of  the  largest  institutions  in  the  South.  The  en- 
rollment for  the  last  year  was  2,560,  in  all  departments  of  the  school. 

The  College  aims  to  put  the  best  education  within  the  reach  of  every 
boy  and  girl  in  the  Southern  mountains,  to  make  the  path  from  the  “Cottage 
to  the  College”  wide  and  easy.  The  map  of  the  region  shows  220  counties 
of  Kentucky,  the  Virginias,  the  Carolinas,  Northern  Georgia, 
Aims  Alabama,  and  Eastern  Tennessee,  which  constitute  its  chosen 

field.  This  region  is  full  of  the  best  homes  and  people  in  our 
country.  Hitherto,  because  of  lack  of  communication,  they  have  been  out 
of  touch  with  modern  progress  and  education.  Years  ago,  in  a meeting  to 
raise  money  for  Berea,  President  Roosevelt  said,  “These  people  are  a part 


Lincoln  Hall  and  Library' 
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of  the  original  stuff  of  which  America  was  made.”  More  recently,  speak- 
ing in  Washington,  President  Wilson  said,  “The  object  of  Berea  College  is 
to  do  what  America  was  intended  to  do— to  give  people  who  had  not  had  it, 
an  opportunity.  I do 
not  see  how  anybody 
can  think  of  Berea  and 
the  work  it  has  to  do, 
without  catching  fire.” 


Berea  College  was 
founded  “ to  promote 
the  cause  of  Christ” 
and  it  is 
distinc- 
Religious  tively 

Life  Chris- 

tian  i n 
aim  and 
methods.  It  is  not  un- 
der the  control  of  any 
denomination,  but  is 
managed  by  a self-per- 
petuating board  made 
up  of  members  of  dif- 
ferent denominations. 
The  daily  chapel,  the 
Bible  study  as  a part 
of  the  curriculum,  the 
Christian  Associations, 
and  the  week  of  evan- 
gelistic meetings  every 
year,  give  rich  oppor- 
tunity for  character 
building  along  Chris- 
tian lines. 


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Entrance  to  Chapel 


For  many  years,  Berea  has  recognized  the  fact  that  education  is  fre- 
quently placed  beyond  the  reach  of  poor  people  and  has  further  recog- 
nized the  fact  that  in  a Democracy  like  ours  the  people  who  are  not  favored 
with  much  money  should  be  educated  and  given  a chance  to 
Low  Costs  take  a part  in  the  affairs  of  the  Country.  In  order  to  make 
practicable  the  above  principles,  Berea  has  kept  its  prices  on 
the  minimum  basis  from  the  beginning.  For  25  years  the  price  of  table 
board  did  not  exceed  $1.50  a week  for  each  student.  The  high  cost  of  living, 
in  recent  times,  has  forced  the  school  to  increase  its  board  to  $2.50  for  girls 
and  $2.75  for  boys.  But  even  so,  one  student  was  heard  to  remark,  “It's 
cheaper  to  go  to  Berea  and  attend  school  than  to  stay  at  home  and  buy 
food.”  The  low  cost  is  made  possible  by  skilful  business  management,  the 
possession  of  a dairy,  farm,  garden,  bakery,  and  other  utilities  by  which 
supplies  are  furnished;  and  by  the  benevolence  of  friends  of  the  school  in  all 
parts  of  the  country.  It  is  believed  that  no  deserving  student  in  good  health 


Cooperative  Store  and  Library 
14 


need  be  deprived  of  an  education  for  lack  of  means. 

All  students  are  assigned  to  labor  of  some  kind  just 
as  they  are  to  their  studies.  Those  who  are  self-  depen- 
dent, are  in  this  way  enabled  by  work  to 
Student  pay  a considerable  part  of  their  expenses 

Labor  and  a wholesome  spirit  of  democracy  pre- 

vails. Students  never  lose  touch  with 
the  practical  work  of  the  home. 

The  Institution  offers  abundant  opportunity  for 
student  activities.  The  assembling  of  many  young 
people  from  different  localities  and  states 
Student  ensures  contact  with  new  ideas.  The 
Activities  life  in  the  dormitories  encourages  friend-  Flambeau  or  Grease 
ships.  Each  department  has  its  Literary  LamP 


Hospital 

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OUR  student: 


Societies  for  boys  and  girls.  These,  together  with  the  Christian  Associa- 
tions, furnish  an  important  element  in  the  student  life.  The  College  pro- 
vides moving  pictures  at  frequent  intervals  throughout  the  year.  A Lyceum 

course  is  maintained, 
and  concerts  and  lec- 
tures are  given  at  small 
cost  to  the  students. 
Walking  parties  and 
all-day  excursions  to 
points  of  interest  and 
scenic  beauty  are 
among  the  pleasures 
which  become  life-long 
memories. 


Berea  believes  in 
regulated  athletics.  In 
season,  base  ball  and 
basket  ball 
Athletics  are  played. 

The  track- 
meet  is  an  annual 
event  looked  forward 
to  by  all.  Tennis 
courts  are  provided. 
Gymnasium  classes  are 
maintained  for  both 
boys  and  girls.  It  is 
the  purpose  of  the  Col- 
lege to  provide  recrea- 
tion and  exercise  for 
all,  rather  than  special- 
ized sports  for  the  few. 


Entrance  to  Library 


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Music  holds  an  important  place  in  the  College  life.  The  Harmonia 
Society  numbers  more  than  a hundred  voices.  At  Christmas  time  it  rend- 
ers the  Messiah  and  at  Commencement  some  lighter  music.  A Band,  Or- 
chestra and  Glee  Club  offer  further  opportunities  to  students 
Music  musically  inclined.  Regular  instruction  is  given  in  the  piano, 
organ,  violin  and  voice.  Especial  emphasis  is  placed  upon  the 
cabinet  organ,  as  this  is  particularly  fitted  to  the  mountain  home. 


BEREA’S  FIVE  SCHOOLS 

Berea  College  is  a title  which  really  covers  five  schools,  the  College, 
the  Normal  School,  the  Academy,  the  Vocational  School  and  the  Foundation 
School.  Each  of  these  schools  has  its  own  campus,  group  of  buildings 
and  faculty. 


Ladies  Hall 
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Berea  is  first  of  all  a College,  requiring  for  entrance  a four  year  pre- 
paratory course.  It  has  four  year  courses  leading  to  the  A.B.  and  B.S. 
degrees  and  shorter  courses  for  those  not  able  to  remain  longer.  Lincoln 

Hall  is  the 


The  College  headquar- 
ters of  the 
College  as  well  as  the 
home  of  the  Administra- 
tive Offices.  The  large 
Chapel  has  a seating  ca- 
pacity of  1400.  The  Li- 
brary is  one  of  the  best 
in  the  State  and  contains 
over  35,000  well  selected 
books.  It  is  the  center 
of  the  academic  life.  It 
also  sends  traveling  libra- 
ries to  school  houses  in 
the  mountain  counties 
and  by  means  of  a libra- 
ry wagon  carries  books 
to  the  homes  of  the  peo- 
ple outside  the  village. 
Laboratories  for  Chemis- 
try, Biology  and  Physics 
provide  facilities  for  the 
work  in  Science.  There 
are  excellent  opportuni- 
ties for  field  work  in  Bot- 
any and  Geology.  Pear- 
sons Hall  is  the  dormitory 
for  young  men  and  La- 
dies Hall  that  for  young 


women. 


Entrance  to  Lincoln  Hall 


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The  Normal  School  is 
accredited  by  the  State  and 
its  graduates  receive  the 
State  certifi- 
The  Normal  cate.  Berea 
School  emphasizes 

rural  school 
teaching  and  is  seeking  to 
equip  teachers  to  do  high 
class  work  in  far  back  rural 
communities  where  condi- 
tions are  hard  and  consoli- 
dation is  impossible.  The 

Entrance  to  Pearsons  Hall 


For  a number  of  years  Berea  has  been  doing  the  kind  of  work  that  now 
is  receiving  national  recognition,  that  of  giving  special  instruction  in  public 
service  and  public  welfare.  The  College  is  one  of  the  important  centers  of 
the  Red  Cross  for  training 
workers  for  the  rural  field. 

The  courses  of  the  Col- 
lege fit  students  to  become 
teachers  in  the  mountains, 
to  secure  the  preparation 
necessary  to  enter  profes- 
sional and  engineering 
schools,  to  prepare  for  jour- 
nalism, religious  and  social 
service.  Its  graduates  are 
represented  in  all  these  lines 
in  the  mountain  section. 

Rapid  development  of  the 
mountain  region  is  offering 
an  increasingly  good  field 
for  college  trained  men  and 
women. 


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Normal,  in  addition  to  other  class  rooms,  has  a beautiful  and  well  equipped 
training  school,  housed  in  Knapp  Hall,  in  which  teachers  are  trained  under 
ideal  modern  conditions.  It  also  maintains  two  rural  demonstration  schools 
in  the  country  near  by,  where  students  are  trained  for  work  in  communi- 
ties like  those  in  which  they  expect  to  teach.  The  comradeship  of  Normal 
students  with  the  other  students  of  a great  institution  is  an  invaluable  asset. 
The  pupils  have  all  the  advantages  of  lectures,  musical  entertainments,  etc., 
granted  to  the  students  of  the  College  Department. 

The  Academy  gives  courses  which  prepare  for  College.  Many  moun- 
tain families  are  not  conveniently  located  to  good  high  schools  and  from 
these  families  the  Academy  derives  most  of  its  students.  It  is  one  of  the 
accredited  schools  of  the  State  and  its  courses  fit  for  any  stand- 
The  ard  college.  All  the  facilities  of  the  Institution  are  open  to  the 

Academy  students  and  much  stimulus  toward  a higher  education  is  de- 

rived from  contact  with  college  students.  James  Hall,  the 
dormitory  for  girls,  is  one  of  the  best  buildings  which  Berea  possesses.  In 


Class  in  Normal  Training  School 
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the  basement  is  a fine  gymnasium.  Putnam  and  Hunting  Halls  are  well 
equipped  dormitories  for  boys. 


The  Vocational  School  is  made  up  of  a group  of  professional  and  trade 
courses,  such  as  Mountain  Agriculture,  Home  Science,  Woodwork,  Printing, 
Painting,  Blacksmithing  and  Commercial  Branches.  Those 
The  who  take  these  courses  carry  back  with  them  to  the  moun- 

Vocational  tains  ideas  and  methods  which  alter  materially  the  conditions 

School  of  industrial  and  social  life.  Many  of  those  who  pursue 

the  longer  courses  find  positions  as  county  demonstrators 
or  agents.  Bruce  and  Industrial  buildings  are  the  dormitories  for  boys  and 
Kentucky  Hall  the  dormitory  for  girls. 

The  Training  School  for  Nurses  is  connected  with  the  Hospital.  It 
gives  two  courses  of  study,  a long  course  which  prepares  for  the  State  ex- 


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amination  and  gives  the  diploma  of  Reg- 
istered Nurse.  A short  course  is  main- 
tained for  those  who  cannot  stay  so  long, 
but  wish  to  begin  their  life  work  as  soon 
as  possible. 

The  Department  of  Fireside  Industries 
has  its  home  in  the  Log  House  and  is  re- 
viving the  old  and  beautiful  weaving  in- 
dustry of  the  mountains.  Woven  articles 
find  a ready  sale  at  good  prices  and  stu- 
dents trained  here  easily  procure  posi- 
tions in  schools  which  are  introducing  the 
hand-crafts. 


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Locm  Room 


The  Foundation  School  is  an  important,  as  well  as  a unique  feature  of 
the  Institution.  It  well  illustrates  the  principle  of  adaptation  for  which 


Berea 
The  stands. 

Foundation  The  stu- 
School  dents 

of  this 
department  are  young 
people  who  have  miss- 
ed the  advantage  of  an 
early  education  from 
lack  of  opportunity  or 
encouragement  by  par- 
ents. They  study  the 
work  of  the  grades  but, 
bringing  to  their  work 
the  zeal  and  respon- 
siveness of  maturity, 
make  rapid  progress. 
Cumberland  and  Blue 
Ridge  Halls  are  the 
dormitories  for  boys 
and  Talcott  Hall  the 
dormitory  for  girls. 


Entrance  to  Kentucky  Hall 


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Half-Day 


School  A half-day  school  is  maintained  for  the  benefit  of  stu- 

dents who  must  pay  all  their  expenses.  Half  of  the  day  is 
spent  in  work  and 
the  other  half  in 
study  under  spec- 
ial teachers  pro- 
vided for  the  pur- 
pose. By  this 
means  many 
young  people  are 
able  to  attend 

School  who  Other-  Group  of  Half-day  Students 

wise  could  not. 


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PROVISIONS  FOR  HEALTH 

The  College  makes  careful  provision  for  the  health  of  its  students. 
Three  physicians  are  employed,  two  men  and  a woman,  who  give  all  their 
time  to  the  Institution.  A physical  examination  is  given,  on  entering  or  soon 
after,  to  every  student.  Free  medical  advice  may  be  had  by  the  students. 
A new  hospital,  with  modern  equipment  and  a corps  of  trained  nurses,  pro- 
vides treatment  at  the  lowest  possible  cost.  Very  few  losses  of  life  occurred 
among  the  students  during  the  recent  epidemic  of  Spanish  influenza,  when 
the  death  rate  was  so  heavy  elsewhere. 

The  supply  of  pure  mountain  water  is  a principal  cause  of  good  health. 
The  College  has  its  own  reservoirs,  located  in  the  Forest  Reserve  in 
the  hills. 


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THE  COLLEGE  UTILITIES 


The  Institution  is  at  an  advantage  in  many  ways  by  reason  of  the 
utilities  it  possesses.  These  not  only  provide  supplies  but  they  furnish  labor 
since  they  are  carried  on  by  students  working  under  direction. 

The  farm  of  325  acres  produces  corn,  wheat  and  oats.  A dairy  herd 
of  80  Holstein  cows  furnish  milk  for  the  boarding  halls.  The  garden 
of  120  acres  raises  vegetables  and  fruits  in  season,  and  by  means  of  a can- 
nery provides  a winter  supply.  The  bakery  has  a capacity  of  5,000  loaves 
of  bread  a day.  The  laundry,  equipped  with  modern  machinery,  does  work 
for  dormitories  and  students.  The  heat  and  power  plant  furnishes  steam 
heat,  electric  lights  and  power.  An  ice  plant  provides  the  ice  which  makes 


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cold  storage  possible.  The  cooperative  store  keeps  the  books  and  other 
supplies  needed  by  students,  including  clothing  and  shoes,  which  are  sold 
without  profit.  The  forest  reserve  of  5,500  acres  of  hill  land  supplies 
lumber  for  woodwork  and  building.  The  printing  plant  does  the  work  of 
the  College  and  prints  The  Citizen,  a paper  circulating  in  the  moun- 
tain counties  from  which  the  students  come. 


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COUNTRY 

HOMES 

One  of  the  most 
recent  and  useful  ad 
ditions  to  the  work 
of  the  Institution  is 
the  Country  Home. 
Mrs.  Frost,  whose 
gracious  influence  is 
to  be  seen  in  all  the 
activities  of  Berea, 
has  been  especially 
devoted  to  this  feat- 
ure of  the  work  and 
has  raised  a large 
part  of  the  money 
for  it.  Each  depart- 
ment has  a house 


in  which  groups  of 
girls  live,  in  turn, 
for  a term  or  semes- 
ter, under  the  direc- 
tion of  a teacher  of 
domestic  science  or 
a matron.  They  buy 
the  provisions,  plan 
the  meals,  entertain 
guests  and  in  all 
ways  manage  the 
house  like  a real 
home.  So  pleasant 
and  profitable  is  the 
life  in  the  country 
home  that  the  girls 
look  forward  for 
their  turn  to  come. 


Mrs.  Eleanor  Marsh  Frost 


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BEREA  AND  THE  NATION 

The  people  of  the  mountain  region  are  noted  for  their  loyalty  to 
Country  and  the  ideals  of  liberty  and  self-government.  At  the  call  for  men 
in  the  recent  war,  more  than  800  of  our  students,  past  and  present,  enter- 
ed the  service  in  some  capacity.  So  far  as  known,  thirty  of  those  enlisted 
lost  their  lives.  A Student  Army  Training  Corps  was  organized  at  the 
College.  Seven  or  more  of  the  faculty  and  administrative  officers  entered 
the  service  or  joined  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  Red  Cross. 

At  a time  when  restlessness  and  the  spirit  of  Bolshevism  pervade  the 
industrial  centers  of  our  Nation,  it  is  reassuring  to  know  that  the  Southern 
Mountains  contain  a population  of  three  and  a half  million  pure-blooded 
Americans,  growing  to  manhood  and  womanhood,  and  needing  only  the 
advantages  of  a Christian  education  to  become  a source  of  strength  to  our 
national  life. 


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